Pattern-card-reproducing machine.



No. 817,792. PATENTED APR.1'7, 1906.

A. D. MONIOT.

PATTERN CARD REPRODUGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

A. D. MONIOT. PATTERN CARD REPRODUOING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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A. D. MONIOT.

PATTERN CARD REPRODUOING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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A. D. MONIOT. v v I PATTERN CARD REPRODUOING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 26, 1905.

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ACHILLE D. MONIOT. OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATTERN-CARD-REPRODUCING IVIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1905. Serial No. 262.307.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AoHILLE D. MoNIoT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pattern-Card- Reproducing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section as on line at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section as on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig.4 is an enlarged section as on line 12 c, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an elevation, enlarged, of a detail of the mechanism, showing the means whereby the pattern-card is automatically fed forward the required extent in the operation of the machine. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail, partly in section, showing the feeding-rollers separated to receive the card when the same is being started into the machine.

This invention has for its object the pro duction of a simple, cheap, and elficient machine for duplicating jacquard patterncardsthat is, a machine in which an original pattern-card is fed in at one portion of the machine and a blank card at another portion and the pattern-holes of the firstnamed card will be reproduced upon the blank card.

To this end the invention consists in the construction and combination of mechanism hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out.

Supported upon and rising from a suitable base 1 are two pillars 2, connected at the top, so as to make a rigid supporting-frame, by a yoke 3. Extending transversely across the machine and journaled in suitable bearings of the pillars 2 about midway between the base 1 and yoke 3 is a horizontal shaft 4, carrying cam-wheels 5, one adjacent each end thereof, said cam-wheels being provided with cam-grooves 6, respectively, of substantially oval shape, as seen in Fig. 1, for a purpose hereinafter appearing. One end of said shaft 4 is provided with a crank or crank-wheel 7, Fig. 2, for imparting rotation thereto.

Carried by suitable sleeves 8, which are slidable vertically upon the pillars 2 adjacent the upper portion thereof, is a frame 9. The top of said frame 9 is horizontal and plane, comprising two cross-bars 10 and 11, extending across the machine between the two pillars, and also skeleton tables extending forwardly and rearwardly respective of said bars 10 and 11, said skeleton tables comprising horizontally-extending rods or bars 12, adapted to support a jacquard patterncard when placed thereon and passed through the machine, as hereinafter set forth.

Journaled in suitable supports of frame 9 and extending laterally across the same in such position that their meeting surfaces shall be in line substantially with the upper surface of said frame are two contiguous rollers 13 13 between whose meeting peripheries the pattern-card is adapted to be fed, as hereinafter set forth. At one end each of said rollers is provided with a gear 14, which gears intermesh, so that any rotation of one roller shall be simultaneously imparted to the other. At the opposite end of wheel 15, the distance apart of Whose teeth corresponds with the distance between pattern-holes of the jacquard pattern-card. This ratchet-wheel, and hence the rollers 13 13 is prevented from rotating backwardly by a spring-pawl 16, Fig. 5. The function of this ratchet-Wheel will be hereinafter more fully explained. In line with the teeth of said ratchetwheel 15 and supported in an arm or bracket 17, fixed to the adjacent one of the pillars 2, is a pawl-like rod 18, whose inner end is adapted at certain times to be engaged by a tooth of the ratchet-wheel 15. This pawl-like rod is slidably mounted in said arm 17 and is normally pressed in a direction toward the ratchet-wheel 15 by a spring 19, Fig. 5, the extent of inward projection thereof being limited by a head 20 on the outer end of the rod.

The frame 9 is provided at each side with rollers or studs 21, that are entered in the cam grooves 6, respectively, of the camwheels 5, whereby when said cam-Wheels are rotated the frame 9 and parts carried thereby Will be reciprocated vertically on the pillars 9 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

Adjacent the lower portion of the pillars 2 and carried thereby are sleeves 22, similar to sleeves 8, being slidably mounted upon said pillars. These sleeves support a frame 23, similar to frame 9, extending laterally across the machine. Said frame 23 is provided with studs or rollers 24, similar to the ones, 21, on frame 9, which are entered in the camgrooves 6 of the cam-wheels 5. The top of said frame 23 is horizontal and plane, and ex the upper roller 13 is provided a ratchetrods 31 32 33.

tending forwardly and rearwardly therefrom are rods 25, whose upper surfaces are hori- Zontal and in the same plane, forming a table similar to that of frame 9 to support the blank card, as hereinafter set forth. Said frame 23 also carries rollers 26 26, similar to and performing the same functions as rollers 13 13, the upper one of said rollers 26 having a ratchetwheel 27 and in line with which is a pawl-like rod 28, slidably mounted in a manner exactly like rod 18 in a bracket 29, supported fixedly from the adjacent pillar 2.

Extending laterally across the machine at a point about midway of the height of the pillars 2 and fixedly supported upon said pillars 2 is a frame 30. Supported by and proj ecting vertically upwardly from said frame 30 are rods 31 32 33, which rods are slidable vertically in said frame, being limited in their upward movement relative to said frame by heads 31 32 33, respectively. The upper ends of these rods are slidably entered in and fitted to corresponding vertically-extending holes 34 of the cross-bar 11 of the upper frame 9, as seen in Fig. 1. On frame 9 above bar 11 is a cross plate or bar 35, provided with holes therethrough in registry with and of the same diameter as the holes 34-that is, large enough to receive the upper end of the The distance between the upper surface of bar 11 and the lower surface of bar or plate 35 is just sufficient to permit a jacquardpattern-card to be passed therebetween to the rollers 13 13.

The rods 31 32 33 are normally held in their most upwardly-projected position by bell-crank levers 36 37 38, respectively, the

lower ends of said rods resting upon the substantially horizontal arms 39 of said levers,

which are maintained in such position by the counterweights 40 beyond the pivotal points of said. levers. Said levers are pivotally supported on shafts or rods 41, mounted in the stationary frame 30. Each of the bell-crank levers is provided with a substantially vertically downwardly extending arm 42, Fig. 1, whose lower free ends overlie and are closely contiguous to rods 43, 44, and 45, which are slidably supported by and depend vertically from the frame 30 and which for a reason hereinafter apparent I will term the punches. The upper ends of these punches are provided with heads 46 for limiting their downward movement relative to said frame 30, and I would usually, although not necessarily, maintain the same normally in the lowermost position by means of spiral springs 47, interposed between the frame 30 and an offset on each of said punches, as seen in Fig. 1. The lower ends of the punches 43 44 45 extend into and slidably engage vertical holes 48 in a cross-bar 49 of the lower reciprocatory frame 23 and are in line with similar holes through the cross-bar 50 of said frame, whose upper surface is plane and in line with the upper surface of the rods 25 and also in line with the meeting-line of the rollers 26 26, the distance between said bars 49 and 50 being just sufficient to permit passage of the card upon which the pattern is to be reproduced.

As it is desirable when starting to feed to the rollers 13 13 a jacquard-card the pattern of which is to be reproduced upon a blank card at the same time fed to rollers 26 26 that the said rollers should be slightly separated to permit the entrance therebetween of said respective cards and also so that there shall be a suitable gage for the forward. edge of the cards, I provide the following means to these ends. I shall describe the means as used in connection with rollers 13 13*, the means to effect the same result used in connection with rollers 26 26 being an exact duplicate, and therefore unnecessary to particularly describe. The upper roller 13 of the pair is rotatably mounted in the fixed brackets 51 of frame 9. The lower roller 13 is rotatably mounted in vertically-movable j ournal-boxes 52 of said brackets 51, (see Fig. 4,) being normally pressed upwardly, so that the periphery of roller 13 shall contact with that of roller 13 by springs 53 beneath said. journal-boxes. Also connecting the journalboxes 52, so as to assist in making a more rigid support for the roller 13 is a bar or red 54. Extending across frame 9 and journaled therein in a plane below but parallel with roller 13'" and. rod 54 is a shaft 55, provided with an operating handle or crank 56. About midway the length of said shaft 55 and of roller 13 there extends upwardly from said shaft an arm 57, having at its upper or free end projections or lugs 58 59, that are eccentric to the roller 13 and rod 54, respectively, whereby when said shaft 55 is rotated from the normal position of Fig. 1 to that of Fig. 6 the said lugs 58 and 59 will respectively en gage the roller 13 and rod 54 and pull the same downwardly a distance just sufiicient for the insertion between the rollers 13 13 of the forward edge of a jacquardcard, whose forward edge will abut against the free edge of lug 58, which acts as a gage therefor, the distance from said edge of the lug 58 to the holes 34 in line with bars 33 corresponding with the distance from the forward edge of the jacquard-card to the lace-holes of the said card.

Having now described my invention, I will proceed to describe the mode of operation thereof.

The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 55 is rotated to cause the arm 57 to separate the rollers 13 13 as hereinbefore described. A jacquard patterncard whose pattern is to be reproduced is now placed upon the skeleton table 12 of frame 9, and its forward edge is pushed forwardly across said table between bars 11 and 35 until it contacts with the free edge of lug 58 of arm 57 Thereupon the shaft 55 is returned to its normal or retracted position, thus permitting the rollers 13 13 to firmly grasp the card therebetween. A blank card, on which the pattern of the upper card is to be reproduced, is similarly placed upon the skeleton table 25 of the lower reciprocatory frame 23 and passed between bars 49 and 50 thereof into the bite of the rollers 26 26 against the gage-lug 58 of the arm 57, adapted to operate in conjunction with said rollers, which arm is thereupon retracted, leaving the said blank card in the grasp of said rollers. The machine is now ready to begin the actual operation, as follows: The shaft 4 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, thereby causing the frames 9 and 23 to be moved toward each other, the rods 31 32 33 and the punches 43 44 45 being relatively stationary. Now the lace-holes (usually two in number) of the jacquard pattern-card will be in registry with the holes 34 in line with the rods 33, and the peg-hole of the card will be in registry with the hole 34 in line with rod 32. Therefore as the said frame 9 is depressed by action of the cam-wheels, which, it will be remembered, are engaged by the rollers or studs 21 of said frame, the said rods 32 and 33 will simply pass through said lace-holes in the patterncard and also through the peg-hole, and their relation to each other and to the other parts of the apparatus will be undisturbed. Now the said rods 32 and 33, being at the limit of their upward movement, being held in such position by the counterweighted bell-crank levers engaging their lower ends, and thereby the vertical lower limbs 42 being over and contiguous to the upper ends of the punches 44 and 45 corresponding therewith, the latter are by said limbs 42 prevented from having any vertical movement in the frame 30 in which they are carried. Therefore as the frame 23 is moved upwardly by action of the cam-wheels in their rotation the lower ends of the punches 44 and 45 are caused to pass through the blank card on the frame 23 and punch thereinto the peg and lace holes in replica of those in the pattern-card on the frame 9. The first row of pattern-holes in the pattern-card upon frame 9 will at this time be in registry with the rods 31, and as the frames 9 and 23 are moved toward each other, as described, any of the pattern-holes that there may be in said row will be entered by the corresponding rod 31 and, in like manner to the peg and lace holes, be reproduced in the blank card by the corresponding punch 43; but should one of the rods 31 come opposite a point in .the pattern card where there is no pattern-hole then the said rozl will yield downwardly under the pressure of the card, thus depressing its contacting arm 39 of the contiguous bellcrank lever 36 against the stress of the counterweight thereof, and thereby the vertical limb 42 of such bell-crank lever will be rotated backwardly free from alinement with the corresponding punch 43, and thus when the lower end of said punch comes into contact with the surface of the blank card on frame 23 the said punch will instead of punching a hole therethrough simply slide upwardly against the stress of its spring, if a spring be employed. The apparatus having reproduced upon the blank card on frame 23 the lace-holes and-peg-hole and the first row of pattern-holes, the cards are respectively fed forward the distance between the first row of pattern-holes and the next row thereof by the following means: The continued rotation of the cam-wheels causes the said frames 9 and 23 to move away from each other, and shortly before they respectively reach the limit of their outward stroke a tooth of each of the ratchet-wheels 15 and 27 engages, respectively,.the free ends of the pawl-like rods 18 and 28, which, it will be remembered, are relatively stationarily mounted in the frame of the machine. The continued movement of said frames 9 and. 23 causes said rods 18 and 28 to rotate the rollers 13 and 26, respectively, a certain definite distance, corresponding to the distance between the rows of pattern-holes in the pattern-card, and

thereby said cards are fed forward such definite distance, whereupon the operation is repeated. During the neXt or subsequent operations, however, (until the rear ends of the cards are reached,) the peg-hole and the laceholes not occurring in the pattern-card, the rods 32 and 33 will come opposite blank portions of the pattern-card and hence the punches 44 and 45 will not punch holes in the blank card on frame 23.

Although I have hereinbefore described what I believe to be the best embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as a mechanic skilled in the art may considerably modify the construction without departing from the essential principles of my invention.

Having now described my invention and its mode of operation, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a pattern-card-reproducing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower reciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the stationary frame between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose upper ends register with holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose lower ends register with corresponding holes through said lower frame, together with means carried by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one or more of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said stationary frame, the corresponding punch or punches will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

In a pattern-card-reproducing machine, the combination of the vertical side pillars, the upper and lower frames carried by sleeves mounted on said pillars so as to be capable of vertical movement thereon, the stationary frame supported by said pillars and extend ing laterally therebetween, between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, the upper ends of said rods respectively slidably engaging corresponding holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose lower ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, together with means carried by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said stationaryframe, the correspond ing punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

3. In a patt ern-card-reprodueing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower reciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the stationary frame between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said. stationary frame, and whose upper ends slid ably engage corresponding holes through said upper frame, means for limiting the extent of upward movement of said rods, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose lower ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, means for limiting the downward movement of said punches, together with means carried by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from hav ing vertical movement in said stationary frame, the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement there in, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a pattern-card-repnoducing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower reciprocatory frames, carried thereby, means for reciprocating said. frames toward and from each other, the sta tionary frame between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose upper'ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said upper frame, the bellcrank levers pivotally supported by said stationary frame having limbs below and conand. vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose lower ends sildably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, and whose upper ends are below and contiguous to substantially vertically disposed limbs of said bell-crank levers, respectively, substantially as set forth.

5. In a pattern-card-reproducingmachine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower vertically-reciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the feed-rollers carried by and journaled in said respective frames and whose meeting peripheries are in line with the upper surfaces of said frames re spectively, the stationary frame extending laterally across the machine between said up per and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose upper ends slidably en gage corresponding holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose lower ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, means supported by said stationary frame and. connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said stationary frame, the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

6. In a pattern-card-reproducing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower verticallyreciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said. frames toward and from each other, the feed-rollers journaled in said respective frames, and whose meeting peripheries are respectively in line with the upper surfaces of said frames, means for imparting a step-by-step rotation to said rollers at predetermined times, to feed forward cards upon said respective frames a definite predetermined distance, the stationary frame extending laterally across the machine between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose upper ends respectively slidably engage correspondirg holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose lower ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, together with means supported by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when. one of said rods is prevented. from having vertical movement in said stationary frame the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

7. In a pattern-card-reproducing machine,

tiguous to said rods, the punches carried by i the combination of the supporting-frame, the

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upper and lower verticallyreciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the pairs of feed-rollers journaled respectively in said upper and lower frames, and whose meeting peripheries are in line with the upper surfaces respectively of said frames, the ratchetwheel on one of each of said pairs of feedrollers, the pawl-like rods, supported by said supporting-frame and whose inner ends are adapted respectively to be engaged by a tooth of said ratchet-wheels when said frames are reciprocated to their outermost position, whereby said ratchet-wheels and so said feedrollers are rotated a definite distance,the stationary frame extending laterally across the machine between said upper and lower frames, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose upper ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, whose lower ends slidably engage correspondlng holes through sald lower frame, together with means supported by said stationaryframe and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said frame, the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

8. In a pattern-card-reproducing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower reciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the pairs of feed-rollers carried by said upper and lower frames, respectively, and whose meeting peripheries are in line with the upper surfaces of said frames respectively, means for separating said rollers of the respective pairs, to permit insertion of cards therebetween, the stationary frame extending laterally across the machine between said upper and lower frames, the rods carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose upper ends respectively slidably engage corresponding holes through said upper frame, the punches carried by and vertically movable in said stationary frame, and whose lower ends slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, together with means supported by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said stationary frame, the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

9. In a pattern-card-reproducing machine, the combination of the supporting-frame, the upper and lower reciprocatory frames, means for reciprocating said frames toward and from each other, the pairs of feed-rollers carried by said upper and lower frames respectively, and whose meeting peripheries are in line with the upper surfaces of said frames respectively, means for separating said rollers of the respective pairs to permit insertion of cards therebetween, and said means constituting an end gage for said cards respectively, the stationary frame extending laterally across the machine, the rods supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose upper ends respectively slidably engage corresponding holes through said upperframe, the punches supported by and vertically movable in said stationary frame and whose lower ends respectively slidably engage corresponding holes through said lower frame, together with means carried by said stationary frame and connecting said rods and punches, whereby when one of said rods is prevented from having vertical movement in said stationary frame, the corresponding punch will be prevented from having vertical movement therein, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

10. In a machine for repeating jacquardcards, a track for receiving the card, feedrollers for advancin the card, selecting-needles arranged to coact with the cards, punches under the control of the selecting-needles,

- and a card-regulating stop arranged to swing between the rollers to limit the position of the end of the card with respect to the rollers.

11. In a machine for punching jacquardcards, a track for the cards, feed-rollers for advancing the card step by step, one of said feed-rollers having a yielding bodily movement toward and away from the other, punches, selecting-needles, means for operating the punches and selecting-needles and a card-regulating stop comprising a swinging arm provided with a roller-operating nose and a lip, and under the control of the operator for simultaneously separating the feed rollers and forming an abutment for the entering card.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto afliXed my signature.

ACHILLE D. MON IOT. WVitnesses:

VVALTER O. PUSEY, J. HOWARD REBER. 

